I was reading in Matthew chapter three today and this passage stood out to me:
7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bear fruit in keeping with repentance. 9 And do not presume to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father, for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham. 10 Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
It reminded me of a tee-shirt design that’s been around for years.
Now, I still smile a little bit when I see that design, but John the Baptist’s words in Matthew 3:7-10 give a pretty clear indication that those who think they’re holy might just need to repent of a sin called pride.
As Perry Noble would say,
